{"id":34,"date":"2019-09-21T06:57:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T06:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2025-05-21T10:28:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T10:28:36","slug":"welcome-to-gelston-primary-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Gelston Primary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCHOOL CONTEXT<\/p>\n<p>Gelston Primary School serves the rural communities of Gelston and Rhonehouse.\u00a0 The main school building was refurbished a few years ago and consists of two classrooms with capacity for 50 pupils altogether.\u00a0 There is a portacabin on site and a large playground with a small garden area and a climbing frame.\u00a0 We have a newly appointed outdoor classroom that was erected in March 2024.\u00a0 We have a school kitchen which lies a few steps away from the main building and freshly prepared meals are cooked on site.\u00a0 Pupils walk down to the Village Hall for PE lessons and assemblies.\u00a0 Pupils can access Gelston Castle Estate for outdoor learning opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>STAFF<\/p>\n<p>Headteacher:\u00a0 Mrs Glover<\/p>\n<p>Principal Teachers (and P5-7 Teachers): Miss Reid (Mon-Thurs) &amp; Mrs Lumsden (Fri)<\/p>\n<p>P1-4 Teachers:\u00a0 Mrs Stevens (Mon) and Miss Scott (Tues-Fri)<\/p>\n<p>Additional Support for Learning Teacher: Mrs Reilly<\/p>\n<p>RICCT Teachers: Mrs Beilinski<\/p>\n<p>Clerical Assistants: Miss McNeill<\/p>\n<p>Learning Assistants: Miss McNeill<\/p>\n<p>School Cook and Cleaner: Mrs Fenwick<\/p>\n<p>Janitor:\u00a0 Mr McWilliam<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>CONTACT US:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4>By telephoning the school office on 01556 502415.<\/h4>\n<h4>By emailing the school office: gw08officegelston@ea.dumgal.sch.uk<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCHOOL CONTEXT Gelston Primary School serves the rural communities of Gelston and Rhonehouse.\u00a0 The main school building was refurbished a few years ago and consists of two classrooms with capacity for 50 pupils altogether.\u00a0 There is a portacabin on site and a large playground with a small garden area and a climbing frame.\u00a0 We have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Welcome to Gelston Primary School&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9142,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":972,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/gelston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}